Show sticky inline items for list items when horizontal scrolling is enabled

[DFelten]

Type: Bug

The toolbar within the test explorer is hidden if the sidebar is not wide enough. In a previous version, the toolbar was always visible on hover.

On hover:

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.90.0-insider (bbc4ba1, 2024-05-14T05:49:49.204Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 23.4.0
Modes:

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[connor4312]

You can configure this in the workbench.list.horizontalScrolling setting. The test explorer works the same as other views when this is enabled.

[DFelten]

@connor4312 So this is changed/worsened by purpose?

In the previous version of VSCode (current stable 1.89.1) the behaviour was different with a better user experience. Here I didn't have to scroll to start tests. The mentioned setting is already active since I use this all the time for the folder view, but does not help with the problem here.

Stable VSCode

Is it possible to just disable scrolling for the test explorer? Unlike the other views, here there is an action at the end...

[connor4312]

Previously, this view did not respect the workbench.list.horizontalScrolling like other views did (#210542) and now it does. Views with toolbar actions like debug-related views behave the same way under the settting.

[DFelten]

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, the usability suffers from the customization. However, if this is planned, I will create a feature request to be able to set this separately.

[connor4312]

sure, I'll have this open as an overall feature request. Might be a bit of a pain to fix though due to DOM constraints